Marcus Williams finally waived, plus more weird Warriors’ roll call

Wow, miss the better part of a week and the dysfunctional Warriors have gotten even more dysfuncutional. Still sorting through everything, but today’s highlights:

Marcus Williams is finally being waived/bought out. Not sure why this didn’t happen earlier, since Nellie had clearly written Williams off back in training camp, and his roster spot could’ve been used to evaluate other guys or keep their own (ie Richard Hendrix or DeMarcus Nelson).

Monta Ellis was back with the team, just not on the same page as them. Ellis was adamant that his recent time off had nothing to do with his ankle and everything to do with visiting his ill mother in Jackson, Miss. And he repeatedly referred to his mother’s sickness as the ONLY reason he wasn’t playing, essentially dismissing the Warriors’ announcment a few weeks back that Ellis was being shut down over lingering ankle stiffness.

Says Ellis: “That had nothiing to do with that. I went home to see my mom. My mom was sick, that’s why I took the time off. It had nothing to do with my ankle.”

As for on-court issues? Ellis is expecting to play Wednesday, and Nellie is doing another flip-flop. After saying he wanted Ellis to be the 2-guard while Jamal Crawford handles the point, Nellie now wants Ellis to be the PG for the rest of the season. Which, if you ask Ellis, is what he’s been doing all along.

“I’ve been playing point since I’ve been back. You go look at the film,” he said. “They brought it to me that they want to play me at the one, Jack at the 2. So it is what it is.”

Brandan Wright was back doing shooting and conditioning work and says he’ll start practicing in 3-on-2 and 2-on-1 drills tomorrow. No affects from last week’s minor car accident.

Jamal Crawford and Ronny Turiaf were not at practice. Both had “travel complications,” according to a Warriors spokesman. The Warriors did not practice Sunday after returning from their trip.